Chaffins, Ernest J., Jr., SSG

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Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Armor

Last Primary MOS
11E10-Armor Crewman

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1968-1968, 11E10, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)

Service Years
1962 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kentucky

Year of Birth
1942

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hitchins, KY	Last Address Hitchins, KY

Casualty Date Feb 26, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Hau Nghia (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment East Carter County Memorial Gardens - Grayson, Kentucky	Wall/Plot Coordinates 41E 036

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1968, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2017, Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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1968-1968, 11E10, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor

From Month/Year February / 1968	To Month/Year February / 1968
Unit A Company Unit Page
Rank Staff Sergeant	MOS 11E10-Armor Crewman
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Hau Nghia (Vietnam)

Patch	A Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Details

	Type Armor
	Parent Unit 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 28, 2018

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13 Members Also There at Same Time

A Company

Varellie, John, SFC, (1964-1976)	AR	11E10	Staff Sergeant
Harter, Robert Louis, SGT, (1968-1969)	AR	11E10	Sergeant
Smith, Thomas King, SP 5, (1965-1968)	AR	11E10	Specialist 5
Burkett, James, SP 4, (1965-1966)	AR	11E10	Specialist 4
Culbertson, Samuel Kent, SP 4, (1967-1968)	AR	11E10	Specialist 4
Culbertson, Samuel Kent, SP 4, (1967-1968)	AR	11E10	Specialist 4
Allen, Sanford Thomas, SSG, (1951-1968)	AR	11E30	Staff Sergeant
Angell, Vaughn Marvin, SSG, (1954-1968)	AR	11E40	Staff Sergeant
Davis, Douglas O'Neill, SSG, (1950-1968)	AR	11E30	Staff Sergeant
Lewicki, Steve William, SP 4, (1966-1968)	AR	11E20	Specialist 4
Custer, Mark, 1LT, (1966-1969)	AR	1203	First Lieutenant
Przybelski, Thomas F., 1LT, (1965-1968)	AR	1204	First Lieutenant
De Jarnett, George Wesley, SP 4, (1961-1968)	OD	63C10	Specialist 4
Shivers, Billy, SP 4, (1968-1972)	AR		Specialist 4